The table below shows data for the field Are referendum results binding? , which is part of our database Direct Democracy. The countries shown can be limited by region and by field value.
Another way people rationalize the status quo is through the use of stereotypes. When people perceive threats to the predominant system, they are more inclined to cling to and back the existing structure, and one way of doing so is by means of endorsing stereotypes that rationalize inequality.
The noun STATUS QUO has 1 sense: 1  1. the existing state of affairs. 2  Meaning: 3  The existing state of affairs. 4  Classified under: 5  Nouns denoting stable states of affairs. 6  Hypernyms (status quo is a kind of...): 7  situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)